Operating Instructions

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Within each element, Structured View lists the BACnet objects by Object Type and then by numeric
number as shown below. In addition objects for elements are grouped in a “hotel room” scheme. That is
Element A (and system objects) have a range from 0-9999, Element B 10000-19999, Element 20000-
29999, to Element P on the MD-48HD 150000-15999. Some BACnet explorer tools have additional sorting
capabilities.
MD-xxHD Supported BACnet Object Types
Object Type
Abbr
Typical Usage
Analog Input:
AI
Meter Readings (floating point numeric inputs)
Analog Value:
AV
Analog User Settings (floating point numeric outputs)
Binary Value:
BV
User Boolean Settings
Multi State Value:
MSV
Enumerated Settings
BitString Value:
BSV
Bitfield Status Words and Settings
Positive Integer Value:
PIV
Restricted Range User Settings
Character String Value:
CSV
User Text string settings
The following online BACnet resources are also helpful.
http://www.bacnet.org/